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Originally Posted by mrsD
I cannot stand that heat.... The sauna at the gym would set off my Lateral Femoral nerve (MP--damage from a C-section many years ago), fairly quickly. I loved to sauna after a work out.
Also hot baths are out for me too. I only use lukewarm water today. Too hot a bath and my feet go off into constant pain for days afterward.
I think people are going to be different with this hot/cold thing. So start off carefully with no extremes or long times doing it.
I do use ice treatments for my back and ankle sometimes. No longer than 20 minutes though. I use an cold gel pack that I keep in the frig freezer. Cold treatments like this are recommended for some arthritis patients, but only if done for short periods of time. Use of cold too long can be dangerous to tissues, if your circulation is poor.
They tend to quench inflammation.
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Hi Mrs D.
Oh I certainly agree with you on the ice thing. Years ago when I had a flare up of sciatica I had to go to this therapist office and they would sit me down and put an ice pack on my lower back. I nearly jumped off the chair. I said "are you crazy?" She said 'No, you have to do this, it's good for the pain". I said "It's hurting me". She said "no you have to do it'. She walked away, I took it off, and after 15 minutes she came back (thinking I had the pack on), I gave her the pack and THEN we did the thing where they put some electrodes on the back, cover it with a hot (I think it was called a hydroculator), it had been boiling in some pot) then they cover that with big towels. They put the timer on. Can't remember how long but I felt the electrodes doing their thing. Then I had to go some physical exercise with weights and pulleys. Then.... they put me on some table with my neck in some holding system and they STRETCHED ME. I don't remember if I liked it or not because this was almost 25 years ago.
I had all kinds of pinched nerves, etc. Blah!! It sucked. I have NEVER liked anything cold on my body ever since.
When I take a shower the bathroom has to be WARM before I even get in the shower. I don't like anything cold.
Could be all in my mind. Who knows??
Melody